Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, 1938

Lieberman v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States

Lieberman v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided June 21, 1938
168 Misc. 259; 5 N.Y.S.2d 777; 1938 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1732

Counsel

Fred Rosen [Donald C. Leo of counsel], for the appellant., Alexander & Oreen [James D. Ewing of counsel], for the respondent.

Lieberman v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Having paid disability benefits to the plaintiff over a period of six years, with full knowledge of the plaintiff’s physical condition and the false representations alleged to have been made in the application, the defendant is now estopped from rescinding the contract of insurance.

Judgment reversed, with thirty dollars costs, and judgment directed in favor of plaintiff in the sum of sixty dollars, together with interest and costs.

All concur. Present — Hammer, Shientag and Noonan, JJ.

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